In a number of studies of analogical levelling, it has been found that the conservation of irregular formation patterns is typically correlated with the token frequency of the members of a changing class. Interestingly, although it was suggested decades ago that this “conserving effect” of high token frequency may also affect ongoing analogical change, only one case of a change-in-progress in morphology has been investigated so far. Moreover, instead of scrutinizing the concept of frequency, previous research has largely taken the importance of lemma token frequency for granted. The present contribution analyses a case of ongoing analogical levelling in the formation of the imperative singular of German strong verbs with e/i-gradation. A corpus-based study is used to test whether the phenomenon is rightly classified as ongoing change and whether and which frequency variables can explain the trajectory of this change. Evidence is presented that justifies the assumption of a conserving effect of token frequency in ongoing morphological change; however, the study stresses the importance of reconsidering the concept of frequency for different languages and different phenomena of change because even measures like lemma token frequency are not as indisputable as they seem.

No / A literature review of published case studies reporting progress file implementation was conducted with the intent of discovering how this is being interpreted and implemented in higher education institutions. The three studies found were analysed using an ideal type categorization developed by Clegg and Bradley (2006), that is, professional, academic or employment. All three case studies are examples of academics learning through experience about the process of personal development planning and how this integrates with current educational provision. As this is not a static process, an activity theory perspective may be a more useful framework to research how this understanding develops in a particular context. Currently the progress file is a contested object, which has not yet fulfilled its potential to place the student and their individual learning needs at the centre of the educational process.

The purpose of this study is to follow the W P A lunch program in the Williams High School District of Brown County, Texas during the school year 1941-1942, and the effect of this program upon the height, weight, attendance and grades of the children participating.

The early modern English masque is a hybrid form of entertainment that included music, dance, poetry, and visual spectacle, and for which there is no modern equivalent. This dissertation looks at four incarnations of the Elizabethan and Jacobean masque: the court masque, the masque embedded in the progress entertainment, the masque embedded in the commercial play, and the masque embedded in the commercial play performed at court. This study treats masques as a form of elite theatre (that is, theatre for, by, and about elite figures like monarchs and aristocrats) and follows them from the court to the countryside, through the commercial playhouse, and back again to the court in pursuit of a more nuanced picture of the hybridity and flexibility of early modern English performance culture.

Francis Bacon (1561-1626) is recognized as a founder of the modern scientific project and a forerunner of the modern era of political thought. He advocated the development of an active science that would enable human beings to control nature in order to relieve man's estate. To accomplish this, Bacon argues that we must reconstruct all arts and sciences upon a more solid foundation. In reconstructing the arts and sciences, Bacon subtly changes the meaning of foundational religious, political, and scientific notions in order to better suit his project of progress. As the inheritors of his vision, turning to Bacon helps recover foundational considerations that have been forgotten as a result of his success. This dissertation approaches Bacon's thought through an analysis of his New Atlantis, a fable that envisions the completion of his project. I also turn to his other political, scientific, and religious works as appropriate to supply what is omitted in the fable. I find that although his revision of religious, scientific, and political foundations is conducted subtly they are nevertheless revolutionary, and essential for preparing the various outlooks that characterize the modern world.

This quantitative study examined seventh-grade reading scores to determine the extent to which certain demographic variables (race/ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic status) explain and MAP reading scores predict reading scores on the State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness (STAAR) in a selected northeast Texas public school. Standardized assessments only compare the relative performance of an individual student to other groups of students using scaled scores, which can vary from year to year and from state to state. With the advent of computer adaptive testing, this study provides information on the predictive validity of benchmark assessments. Specifically, this study looked for predictive evidence that indicates how accurately test data can predict criterion scores. Findings revealed, through a multiple regression analysis, that the fall MAP Rasch Unit (RIT) scores predicted the STAAR scale scores. Using SPSS version 22, the data were entered and analyzed in a multiple regression model to determine the presence of a statistical trend or lack thereof. Demographic data and MAP scores were entered into the regression model to examine the predictive validity of the MAP assessment in determining student performance on the STAAR seventh-grade state-mandated reading assessment. The statistical analysis revealed that MAP RIT scores explain a significant variance related to seventh-grade STAAR reading scale scores. There is a vital need for tools that improve a student's academic development and MAP assessments have been found to predict performance on state-mandated assessments.

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Cette étude porte sur les expositions photographiques produites par le gouvernement américain entre 1935 et 1942. Ces expositions avaient pour but de promouvoir les activités entreprises par l’administration Roosevelt dans le cadre de son programme de relance économique. L’étude est constituée de trois grandes parties : la première présente les enjeux politiques et sociaux du New Deal et éclaire les défis auxquels les propagandistes du gouvernement Roosevelt ont été confrontés. Elle montre alors l’intérêt et la fonction que la photographie et l’exposition ont eu dans le programme de propagande. La seconde présente le rôle joué par les expositions universelles dans le développement des techniques scénographiques employées par l’administration. La dernière porte sur les expositions artistiques du gouvernement et sur leur valeur propagandiste. / This study focuses on photographic exhibitions produced by the US government between 1935 and 1942. These exhibitions aimed to publicize the Roosevelt administration’s economic stimulus program. The study is divided into three parts. The first part outlines the political and social issues of the New Deal while shedding light on the challenges faced by the propagandists in the Roosevelt administration, as well as the appeal and function of photography and exhibitions in its propaganda program. The second part considers the role played by world fairsin the development of design techniques employed by the administration. The final section addresses the government’s artistic exhibitions and their value as propaganda.

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TRF1 est une protéine télomérique essentielle pour la stabilité et la régulation de la longueur des télomères. Son expression est altérée dans de nombreux cancers humains, et son inhibition, dans un contexte p53 déficient, favorise le développement de tumeurs chez la souris. Nous montrons ici que l'inhibition de TRF1 dans les fibroblastes primaires humains conduit à une accumulation télomérique de γ-H2AX et à une activation de la voie de réponse aux dommages de l'ADN dépendante des kinases ATR/Chk1, menant rapidement les cellules vers la sénescence. En revanche, lorsque les voies p53 et pRb sont défaillantes, les cellules échappent à la sénescence. L'érosion accrue des télomères engendre alors une fragilité télomérique et une instabilité chromosomique, caractérisées par la présence de fusions entres chromatides soeurs et de signaux multi-télomériques (MTS). Un niveau élevé de MTS, associés à la présence de télomères courts, est également retrouvé après la surexpression de TRF1. Cette fragilité télomérique conduit à une extension de la capacité proliférative des cellules, due à une stabilisation de la longueur des télomères par réactivation de la télomérase. Nous proposons que la fragilité des télomères, induit par l'altération de la charge télomérique de TRF1, conduit à une instabilité chromosomique qui facilite la réactivation de la télomérase et à des anomalies chromosomiques comparables à celles retrouvées dans les tumeurs. La dérégulation de l'expression de TRF1 joueraient un rôle dans la progression tumorale des cellules p53 et pRb déficientes. / TRF1 is a telomere-binding protein which is essential for both telomere stability and telomere length regulation. TRF1 depletion in the context of p53 deficiency promotes tumor development in the mouse, and TRF1 expression is altered in some human cancers. We report here that inhibition of TRF1 in human primary fibroblast results in rapid induction of senescence, which is concomitant with telomeric accumulation of γ-H2AX and phosphorylation of the ATR downstream checkpoint kinase Chk1. Abrogation of p53 and pRb pathways bypasses senescence but leads to accelerated telomere shortening and early onset of chromosomal instability, including sister chromatid fusions and the occurrence of multi-telomeric signals (MTS) related to telomere fragility. MTS are also elevated in TRF1-overexpressing cells and are coincident with the presence of short telomeres. Elevated telomere fragility was associated with greater immortalization potential and resultant cells maintained their telomeres via telomerase reactivation. We propose that changes in TRF1 occupancy at telomeres lead to telomere-fragility driven chromosome instability, which facilitates the reactivation of telomerase and engenders cancer-relevant chromosomal aberrations. These events would occur at early stages of the tumor progression process in the context of an impaired p53 and pRb response.